Seeing Inside a Hot Plasma: Photoionization of Ions

Abstract:

Photoionization of ions is an important atomic process in very hot extended plasmas, for example, in objects of astrophysical interest. Planetary nebulae as a stage in the evolution of stars are one significant example. Modeling of their formation and composition requires detailed information about atomic processes in a very highly ionized plasma, including cross sections for photoionization of ions.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 107)
• Pages: 69-74
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.107.69
• Online since: October 2005
• Authors: A.S. Schlachter

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